The Border Collies

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Disclosures

Unless specifically stated otherwise in the individual post, beginning Nov. 1, 2009, every book read and "reviewed" on Books 'N Border Collies was purchased for my private collection or came from the public library system.

I am an Amazon Associate and some of the links in posts do lead to Amazon.

NOTICE: (Updated March 5, 2010)

Beginning December 19, 2009, Books 'N Border Collies will be posting but only intermittently while I pursue personal goals. I plan to share some reading I'm doing, but there will be no reviews. I will, however, be sharing my exploration of vegetarian cooking and the cookbooks and websites I use to educate myself. I hope you enjoy it!

Lezlie

Friday, March 27, 2009

On The Mend

Peter sends his sincere thanks to everyone who posted such nice comments over the last couple of days. He's feeling much, much better this morning. He says his face pretty much feels like he got hit with a baseball bat, but everything else appears to be in good working order. And Skye is much relieved that I didn't actually leave Daddy at the pound. :-) Max, however, is not sure about having to relinquish his new awesome spot on the bed.

Tonight my alter-ego is off to play Rockstar Diva again, so there won't be much reading going on until tomorrow. (The dress in our poster is slated for tonight's fashion.) So, until then, here are me and Tony to entertain you:

Oh my goodness! I haven't been checking my blog everyday so this was a surprise to find out about the surgery! Wow I hope he feels better soon. With everything going on with my sister I haven't posted all week and probably won't get a chance to do so for another week. So you're not the only one MIA. Take care.

Glad to hear Peter is doing well. lol about Max. Buddy wouldn't be too appreciative of being booted off his spot either. I love this video. This song is perfect for you. Someday I'm going to see you perform my friend. Have a great weekend.

Teddy Rose & Dar ~ Thanks! We actually ended up cancelling the show, because Peter had a relapse of his atrial fibrillation. :-( Thanks to the heart monitor he is wearing, though, we were able to get the data to the cardiologist, talk to him on the phone and have medicine in hand within about 90 minutes. His heartrate is just about normal again, and should be fine by the end of today or tomorrow. It gets crazy sometimes!

My husband is really into podcasts right now. It seems like every time I come across something I want to hear, he's got one going. Let me see if I can find my headphones . . .I loved the video, Lezlie. You really do have a wonderful voice.

I am sorry the show had to be canceled. How is Peter doing? I was sorry to read about the relapse. Hopefully he won't have any more scares like that.

Literary Feline ~ Thank you so much! Peter is doing well now that we have the medicine. His heartrate is still bouncing around, but not to the extremes that it was.

Teddy Rose ~ I don't mind you asking at all! What he's got is not life-threatening, but it makes him feel very, very sick. We're monitoring his episodes closely now that he's on the meds, and he'll go in and talk to the cardiologist in two weeks. There is talk about doing a procedure where they scar the heart tissue that is causing the problem, which would then keep the fibrillations from happening, but we won't know about that for sure until the doc has a chance to study his case more closely. So, in a nutshell, we're keeping a record of his heart activity, and they'll decide exactly what to do once we have more data. In the meantime, the meds are helping a lot.

Short Works Read In 2009

This will include short stories, essays and poetry. I will mostly likely not post thoughts on every piece listed here, especially individual poems, but the ones I do write about will be linked. If you have any questions about any of them, feel free to ask! Every group of 10 short stories/essays will be counted as a single "book" in my final book count at the end of the year. However, none of these "books" will qualify for the initial 100 books in the 100+ Reading Challenge. I'm not yet sure how to count single poems. Let's see if I read enough of them to merit counting. If not, they're just good reading!

Short Stories:

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates (Read Online)"Hansel and Gretel" by The Brothers Grimm (Read Online)"A Report to an Academy" by Franz Kafka (Read Online)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

In an effort to clean things up and make room for the massive list of books I will read this year (if all these Challenges have anything to say about it!), this list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die and my progress can now be found from the link on my sidebar under "Ongoing Reading Projects". Or just click here! :-)